Bearing



Y 1939- F. LEISTER 2,160,220

BEARING Filed Aug. 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I INVENTOR FAYETTE LE/STER ATTORNEYS May 30, 1939. F. LEISTER 2,160,220

' BEARING Filed Aug. 24, 1936 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 iBY: 5 2

ATTO R N EYS Patented May 30, 1939 Z,

UNETEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE BEARING Fayette Leister, Detroit, Mich., assignor to The Fafnir Bearing Company, New Britain, Conn., a

corporation of Connecticut Application August 24, 1936, Serial No. 97,485

7 Claims. (Cl. 308-484) My invention relates to abearing mounting and bearing mountings, as illustrated, are carried by more particularly to a mounting for deadening metal supports at opposite ends of the fan casing, bearing noises. as shown at 8.

It is an object of the invention to provide an The bearing mounting includes a block of sound improved form of sound deadening bearing deadening material, preferably live resilient rub- 5 mounting, simple in construction, relatively ber 9. The block may be of generally fiat eloncheap to manufacture, and effective in use. gated semi-circular shape and have integral rela- Another object is to provide means for mounttively thin foot portions ID at opposite sides. ing a bearing so as to deaden bearing noises by The block and foot portions are designed to be insulating the same from a support and providing mounted directly on the support 8 by means of 10 improved means for grounding the bearing to bolts II, or the like, which extend through the prevent the accumulation of static charges foot portions or ears. It will be seen that in the thereon. form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the only substantial It is another object to provide an improved stresses due to the securing means II will be form of sound deadening bearing mounting havconfined to the feet I and will not be transmitted 15 ing improved features to lengthen the life of the to the main body 9 of the block. It is desirable mounting and maintain its effectiveness over a to provide spacer bushings in the bolt holes exlong period. tending through the foot II] to prevent a me- Other objects and various features of the inha l e from u y st essing the rubber of the vention will be hereinafter pointed out or will fOOt D While the block 9 in general fi 20 become apparent to those skilled in the art. on the spacer 8, I prefer to relieve the block, as

In the drawings which show, for illustrative indicated at I2, so a t h ly space the same purposes only, preferred forms of the invention: away from the Supp t in the region between t e Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a fan or blower shaft bearing and the upp 80 t t e ubber having bearing mountings, illustrating features of is constantly p in S tension a not n 25 the invention; compression. That is desirable in order to pro- Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken substantially long the life and resiliency of the rubber. The in the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; rubber block is provided with a bearing receiv- Fig. 3 is a sectional view, lik Fi 2, showing ing recess l3,which in the form illustrated extends a housing with all bearing a t d; transversely into the block on one side. When 30 Fig. 4 is a central, vertical, sectional view the shaft is to pass through the block, the main through a modified form of a sound deadening body thereof is Provided with a Shaft p e 14 housing; preferably of a diameter to freely receive the Fig. 5 is an ed e vi wi quarter Section of a shaft but so as to provide somewhat of a seal modified form of bearing mountin against the entry of foreign matter. At the oppo- 5 Fig. 6 is an axial view in levatio of th site side of the bearing receiving recess l3 there mounting shown in Fig. 5; may be .an inwardlydirected flange I5 to assist Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5, illustrating a in eta e bearing in Place and thus Securely modification; hold the bearing and provide a unit handled 49 Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view in axial elevation construction. 40 of the form shown in Fig. 7; The bearing preferably comprises an outer Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view of a mounting as bearing ring an inner bearing ring th disclosed in Fig. '7, but showing slight 'modifieainterposed anti-friction bearing members such tions; as balls l8. The bearing is preferably of the unit 4.: Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9, illustrating a d type, that is. wh r in the balls in the further modifications. races serve to hold the bearing rings against dis- My improved bearing mountings may be emplacement in all directions. The bearing may be ployed in various machines and devices and in sealed as by means of seal plates |9I9 carried Fig. 1 is illustrated the application of one form of at opposite sides of the outer bearing ring. Thus 5-) my improved bearing mounting in a fan or' blower lubricant will be retained on the bearing and is which may be one used in an air conditioning not likely to leak out with possible damage to a system. The fan which per se forms no part of part of the mounting. The shaft 1 passes my invention may comprise a casing 5 and a through the inner ring I and in the form illusrotor 6, supported on a shaft 1, which is in turn trated is held against displacement in one direcmounted in bearings of my improved form. The tion by means of an abutment such as the set 55 collar 20 secured on the shaft. Between the set collar and the inner ring is a resilient rubber washer or ring 2| which abuts the set collar 20, and if the same does not abut directly against the inner ring it may abut a metal seal plate or washer 22 which itself abuts the inner ring. The seal plate 22 is of value' in excluding foreign matter from the bearing.

When two bearing mountings at opposite ends of the shaft are assembled, it is preferable to so mount the shaft therein as to put the bearings under a slight initial axial load. This may be readily accomplished by forcing the set collars 20 toward each other so as to move or urge the inner rings H toward each other, thus putting an initial thrust or axial load on the bearings. This initial load, however, is a resilient load due to the inherent resilience of the rubber block 9 and also of the rubber washer 20 when employed. By putting the bearing under an initial stress, the bearing tends to run more quietly, and due to the resilient mounting the shaft may expand and contract freely. This is important in that no provision need be made for a so-called fixed and floating bearing as is necessary when the bearings are mounted in rigid supports.

It will be seen that with a rubber mounting the bearing and fan rotor will be insulated from the support 8. In order to prevent the accumulation of undesirable static charges on the rotating parts, I have provided improved means for grounding the rotating parts. In the form illustrated, the block 9 is provided with an opening 23, and a coil spring 24 is held in the opening so that it will through its resilience contact the outer bearing ring I6 and the support 8. The spring 24 is preferably of such diameter that it may be pushed into the opening 23 and be retained therein with sufficient security while the device is being handled.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, the bearing and housing parts may be substantially the same as those heretofore described. However, only a single foot portion 25 has been shown and such foot portion is backed up by a plate 26 at the side opposite a support 21. The form shown in Fig. 4 may be employed for a hanging shaft, for example the propeller shaft of an automobile, and

a substantial noise deadening effect will be produced.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, the two bearing parts may be substantially the same as heretofore described, but the block is of somewhat different shape. The block illustrated is a relatively fiat block to fit fiatwise against the support 29 and may be secured thereto by means of bolts 30 which pass through bolt holes 3|3l in the block. If desired, the block 28 may be relieved so as to avoid undue stresses as heretofore noted in connection with the form shown in Fig. 1.

In the form shown in Fig. 7, the parts may be the same as those shown in Fig. 5, but in Fig. '7 I show a backing plate 32 substantially fitting the contour of the block 28, and the bolts 33 pass through the block 28, as well as the backing plate 32. In the form shown-in Fig. '7 I also insulate the inner ring from the shaft 34 by means of a body of sound deadening material in the form of an annulus 35, preferably of live rubber, which fits within the bore and has end flanges 36 overlapping the side edges of the inner ring, as will be understood. A set collar 31 may abut one edge flange 36 in the same manner that the set collar abutted the rubber washer heretofore described.

In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the outer ring may be grounded to the support by any suitable means, for example as disclosed in Fig. 2. The inner ring may be grounded to the shaft 34, as by means of a wire ground connection 38 passing through the rubber annulus and engaging the bore of the inner ring and the shaft 34.

In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the bearing does not itself carry the seal plates as in the previous figures, but seal plates 4I--4l, in the form of metal cups having passages for a long inner ring, are seated in the bearing recess and abut the side edges of the outer ring as shown. The long inner ring may be mounted on the long rubber annulus 42, which may have an edge flange 43 at one end, and which at the opposite end extends beyond the irmer ring. An eccentric self locking collar 44 of well known form may fit over the annulus 42 and the set screw serves to hold the shaft, annulus and set collar in place. The set collar and inner ring are interengaged in a well known manner.

While various modifications have been disclosed, it is to be understood that numerous other modifications, changes and cgmbinations may be made; for example, the forms illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 may well be used in connection with the housings disclosed in, say, Figs. 1 to 4, as well as in those disclosed in Figs. 5 to 8.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing housing including a block of sound deadening material to be secured to a support, said block of sound deadening material having a bearing recess therein, an anti-friction bearing carried by said bearing recess and comprising an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring with interposed anti-friction bearing members, a shaft passing through said inner bearing ring, a collar on said shaft, and a washer of resilient material interposed between said collar and said inner ring.

2. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing housing including a block of rubber having a bearing receiving recess therein, means for securing the same to a support, an anti-friction bearing mounted in said bearing recess and including outer and inner bearing rings with inter- ,posed anti-friction bearing members, a shaft in said inner bearing ring, an abutment on said shaft, and a body of resilient material interposed between said abutment and said inner ring.

3. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing housing including a block of rubber having a bearing recess therein, an anti-friction bearing in said recess and including outer and inner bearing rings with interposed anti-friction bearing members, said outer ring being seated in said bearing recess, seal means at opposite sides of said bearing for retaining lubricant therein, a shaft carried by said inner ring, and additional seal means carried by said shaft at one side of said bearing.

4. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing mounting including a block of resilient sound deadening material having a bearing receiving recess therein, said block having integral feet projecting laterally therefrom at opposite sides, said feet having bolt holes therethrough,

and bolts extending through said holes for securing said feet only to a support, the main body of said block being free of said bolts whereby it may flex freely relatively to said bolts.

5. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing mounting including a block of resilient sound deadening material having a bearing receiving recess therein, integral foot means on said block, and means for securing said foot means only to a support while the main body of said semi-circular portion of said block, and integral lip means adjacent said bearing receiving recess for holding a bearing axially.

7. In a device of the character indicated, a bearing housing including a block of rubber to be secured to a support, said block having a bearing receiving recess therein, means for securing said block to a support, said block at the side fitting said support being cut away so as to space the block and support a slight distance apart beneath the region of said bearing recess, whereby bearing pressure in said recess in the direction of said support may flex the rubber freely at the portion thereof which is spaced away from the support.

FAYETTE LESTER. 

